The centennial of the United States Military academy at West Point, New York1802-1902 . tion through thevista of intervening events. Of these impressions are, that of the great uprising of thepeople to meet the trial of war when it became imminent, ofthe succession of great battles and many campaigns, andpossibly greater than any other, that of magnitude in phjS-ical effort made and in moral results produced. In no formerinstance in history were so large forces engaged for suchlength of time, nor in any case in civil war. The great joyof the nation at the happy ending of the war signified thei
The centennial of the United States Military academy at West Point, New York1802-1902 . tion through thevista of intervening events. Of these impressions are, that of the great uprising of thepeople to meet the trial of war when it became imminent, ofthe succession of great battles and many campaigns, andpossibly greater than any other, that of magnitude in phjS-ical effort made and in moral results produced. In no formerinstance in history were so large forces engaged for suchlength of time, nor in any case in civil war. The great joyof the nation at the happy ending of the war signified theimport of the results apparent in degree to the minds andhearts of the people, and which year by 3ear is perceivedmore fulh in view of a unified nation, powerful, confident ofthe future, with no shame upon its brow, and by contrast inthought otherwise of a dissevered country, the fragmentswithout respect of the world, and with further war as a legacyof the struggle. The performance by graduates of the Academy in the warand its effect will mainly be the subjects of my remarks, in (70). THE BATTLE MONUMENT (DEDICATED 1897 1 TO OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE REGULAR ARMY WHO WERE KILLED DURING THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865. Alumni Day. yi furtherance of the motive of this meeting the celebration ofthe centennial of the INIilitar}^ Academj-, not of the factmerely, without essence by itself, that a hundred years havepassed since the Academy was founded, but for taking accountof its product by bringing together for view in mass thesheaves of the harv^ests b} its sons for a hundred years. Infact, with the reflection that a centur}- in time has passedsince the foundation of the Academy there comes to mindalmost spontaneously the question of utilit}^: What are thedeeds of its graduates that justify its institution, and what intheir conduct gives adequate warrant for its continuance? It would be impossible in the time properly assumable formjf remarks to present in detail the facts and events of
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